A 61-year-old Hubbard man died Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Route 20 near Blodgett when his pickup truck was hit by an unloaded log truck, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Deputies responded to the crash about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, and determined Michael Ronald Fetch was stopped on Oregon Route 180 in a Ford F-150 waiting to turn east on Highway 20 when he pulled out in front of a westbound log truck, the sheriff’s office said in a prepared statement.
The driver of the log truck could not avoid hitting the pickup, the statement said.
Fetch was pronounced dead at the scene. The log truck driver was taken to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis with minor injuries.